Fight for CLASS Act Continues, NCIL Advocates Needed Now!

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday on the Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act (H.R. 1173), a bill that would repeal the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act.

To help protect the CLASS Act, please call 855-218-2109 to connect with your Representatives in Congress. Here is what you can tell your legislators:

I strongly support the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act. Please oppose H. R. 1173, which would repeal the program.
The primary public program now covering long-term services and supports is Medicaid.
The CLASS Act was designed to be a fiscally responsible alternative that will encourage more personal responsibility and give American families a structure for planning for their own long-term care costs.
Every family needs this protection. No one has proposed a better alternative to CLASS Act for financing long-term services and supports.
Please allow continued dialogue on the CLASS Act and development of a viable program moving forward.

CLASS addresses the need for long-term care in the United States in a completely voluntary way that honors the need for consumer choice, dignity and independence – without forcing people to impoverish themselves to qualify for Medicaid. If CLASS is repealed without an alternative being put into place, the need for a coordinated long-term care system will only grow, as will the financial strain on Medicaid. The need for the program is reflected in its popularity with the American people. According to a joint Kaiser Family Foundation / Harvard School of Public Health poll, 76 percent of Americans support CLASS - including 69 percent of Republicans, 71 percent of Independents, and 87 percent of Democrats.

NCIL stands with the many organizations across the nation actively fighting to protect the CLASS Act, and encourages our advocates to act now to make our voices heard in Congress.